John V. Tunney

John Varick Tunney (26 June 1934-12 January 2018) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D) from California's 38th district from 3 January 1965 to 2 January 1971 (succeeding Patrick M. Martin and preceding Victor Veysey) and a member of the US Senate from California from 2 January 1971 to 1 January 1977 (succeeding George Murphy and preceding S.I. Hayakawa).

Biography
John Varick Tunney was born in New York City, New York in 1934, the son of heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney and Connecticut socialite Polly Lauder Tunney. He graduated from Yale University in 1956 and from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1959, having been roommates with Ted Kennedy, a close friend of his. In 1959, he became a lawyer in Virginia and New York, and he served in the US Air Force as a judge advocate from 1960 to 1963. In 1963, he became a lawyer in California, and he was elected to the US House of Representatives from California's 38th district in 1964, serving as a Democratic Party politician. In 1971, he resigned in order to enter the US Senate, serving one term. He defeated the pro-Vietnam War Republican Party senator George Murphy, and he advocated the use of American diplomacy to end the Angolan Civil War. In the fall of 1976, he was defeated for re-election by the Republican S.I. Hayakawa, and he returned to private practice. He died in 2018.